Re: Detroit Pistons: Rebuilding Towards the Title
Disastrous 3rd Quarter Dooms Pistons, Bobcats Win 94-77
The NBA record for futility in a quarter is held by the Sacramento Kings, who scored just 4 points in the 1st quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers. Detroit barely escaped matching that dismal record by scoring 6 in the third quarter on their way to a 94-77 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats. Detroit led by 5 going into the third but proceeded to throw up brick after brick, as well as turning the ball over 8 times in the quarter. Charlotte scored 24 to build a 13 point lead they never relinquished. While the third quarter was a major issue, Detroit did themselves no favors all game by settling for jump shots. The Pistons attempted just 6 free throws while Charlotte had 18 attempts.
Charlotte was led by Gerald Henderson and Kemba Walker with 23 points each. Bismack Biyombo controlled the paint with 12 rebounds and 6 blocked shots. Walker also led the team with 8 assists. Detroit was led by Brandon Knight with 22 points. Jose Calderon led the team with 10 assists but failed to score. Greg Monroe had just 11 points on 5-14 shooting but did lead the team with 13 rebounds.
Pistons coach Lawrence Frank said, "A couple times a year you are going to have a quarter like that. We just couldn't make shots and we compounded it with some sloppy passing. At the same time I commend Charlotte for some excellent defense. Biyombo is a big time defensive talent who will only get better."
Detroit fell back to .500 at 28-28 while Charlotte improved to 20-34. Detroit has Thursday off before visiting the new look Pacers on Friday night. Indiana traded 40% of their starting lineup in Danny Granger and George Hill to get Brandon Jennings, who immediately signed a contract extension.
Disastrous 3rd Quarter Dooms Pistons, Bobcats Win 94-77
The NBA record for futility in a quarter is held by the Sacramento Kings, who scored just 4 points in the 1st quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers. Detroit barely escaped matching that dismal record by scoring 6 in the third quarter on their way to a 94-77 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats. Detroit led by 5 going into the third but proceeded to throw up brick after brick, as well as turning the ball over 8 times in the quarter. Charlotte scored 24 to build a 13 point lead they never relinquished. While the third quarter was a major issue, Detroit did themselves no favors all game by settling for jump shots. The Pistons attempted just 6 free throws while Charlotte had 18 attempts.
Charlotte was led by Gerald Henderson and Kemba Walker with 23 points each. Bismack Biyombo controlled the paint with 12 rebounds and 6 blocked shots. Walker also led the team with 8 assists. Detroit was led by Brandon Knight with 22 points. Jose Calderon led the team with 10 assists but failed to score. Greg Monroe had just 11 points on 5-14 shooting but did lead the team with 13 rebounds.
Pistons coach Lawrence Frank said, "A couple times a year you are going to have a quarter like that. We just couldn't make shots and we compounded it with some sloppy passing. At the same time I commend Charlotte for some excellent defense. Biyombo is a big time defensive talent who will only get better."
Detroit fell back to .500 at 28-28 while Charlotte improved to 20-34. Detroit has Thursday off before visiting the new look Pacers on Friday night. Indiana traded 40% of their starting lineup in Danny Granger and George Hill to get Brandon Jennings, who immediately signed a contract extension.
| Detroit Pistons at Charlotte Bobcats | |||||
| Feb 20, 2013 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Detroit (28-28) | 22 | 28 | 6 | 21 | 77 |
| Charlotte (20-34) | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 94 |
| Detroit Pistons | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Jose Calderon | 32 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Knight | 32 | 9-22 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Kyle Singler | 28 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Jonas Jerebko | 24 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Greg Monroe | 36 | 5-14 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Rodney Stuckey | 29 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Andre Drummond | 26 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Villanueva | 16 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Corey Maggette | 11 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Will Bynum | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jason Maxiell | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | |||||||||
| Khris Middleton | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | |||||||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 34-81 | 6-17 | 3-6 | 40 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 77 | |
| Charlotte Bobcats | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Kemba Walker | 33 | 10-21 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| Gerald Henderson | 35 | 11-17 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 23 |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | 32 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Bismack Byombo | 28 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Byron Mullens | 34 | 4-12 | 0-4 | 3-3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Ramon Sessions | 22 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Tyrus Thomas | 21 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Brendan Haywood | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ben Gordon | 13 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Jeff Taylor | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Reggie Williams | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | |||||||||
| Josh McRoberts | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | |||||||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 39-80 | 2-14 | 14-18 | 53 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 94 | |
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